Bottle-stopper remover.



WLF. CLAYTON. BOTTLE STOPPER REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED rmm, 1913.

1,065,113, Patented June 17,1913.

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UNETED STATES PATENT @FFEQE.

WILLIAM F. CLAYTON, OF ARDEN, NORTH CAROLINA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER BEMOVER.

Application filed February 1, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. CLAYTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Arden, in the county ofBuncombe and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle Stopper Removers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forremoving bottle stoppers and comprises a simple and eflicient device ofthis nature having a pivotal lever which is adapted to force the crownof the bottle over a ridge and plate upon which the lever is mounted andthus forming a means for easily and quickly removing the stopper.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective view showing my device as applied to a ledgeor table, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view longitudinally through thehandle and through the plate.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a plate which is adapted to be securely fastened to a table,ledge or other fixed object and is provided with lugs 13 projecting fromthe upper face thereof and which are spaced apart and apertured. Cdesignates a pin mounted in said apertures and a lever E is pivotallymounted upon said pin and has an angled end F which is widened as shownand preferably semi-circular in outline. Said plate has a groove Hformed in one end thereof and about the marginal edge of said groove isa semi-circular tapering flange l adapted to fit underneath the marginaledge of the crown to be removed from the bottle.

In operation, the neck of the bottle adja- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented June 17, 1913.

Serial No. 745,682.

cent to its end is positioned within said recess with the flange of thecrown extending over the flange N, after which the lever is swung sothat the widened angled end thereof bears against the top of the crownand, by further pressure upon the crown, the crimped flange will beforced down over the inclined edge N, spreading the flange of thestopper and readily and quickly removing the same.

That I claim to be new is 1. A device for removing stoppers from bottlescomprising a plate having a recess in one end with a tapering flangeabout the marginal edge thereof and adapted to fit underneath the flan eof a crown to be removed from a bottle, and means for pressing the crownso that said inclined flange will spread the flange of the stopper, asset forth.

2. A device for removing stoppers from bottles comprising a plateadapted to be fastened to a fixed object and provided with asemi-circular groove formed in one end, said groove having an inclinedflange about the marginal edge thereof, a lever pivoted to the plate andaoapted to bear against said crown to spread the flange thereof andloosening the same from the neck of a bottle, as setforth.

8. A device for removing stoppers from bottles comprising a plateadapted to be fastened to a fixed object and provided with asemi-circular groove formed in one end, said groove having an inclinedflange about the marginal edge thereof, a lever pivotally mounted uponsaid plate and having an angled end which is semi-circular in outlineand adapted to be forced against the top of a crown, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

\VILLIAM F. CLAYTON.

lVitnesses G. V7. LANCE, V. E. BAKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

